The Distinguished Public Service Recognition Awards are given annually to recognize and publicly thank a member of Collier County Law Enforcement, Emergency Services, Fire, and Support Services. The Award is for an extraordinary act, or service "well beyond normal expectations. Please join us in honoring this year's recipients!

An Anthology of Libertation is a series of stories threaded by the themes on love, community struggles, identity and the fight for liberation.
This is volume I which talks about the power of storytelling.
The excerpts were filmed while in the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee in support of the Dream Defenders, Power U and allies who have been occupying the grounds for almost a month.
There is power in a story. There is power in our voices. And this is how we fight back.

Bethany Brodowsky has been in the foster system since she was 13, after being sexually abused as a child. Now 18, she is out of foster care and must find her own way. "Abuse pretty well condemns a human being to a life of feeling separate from other people, different from other people," says Ruth Gordon, a clinical social worker who works with foster children. "It can lead to a very lonely life. ... That these kids survive at all is miraculous."